Affliction shall advance the flight in me. Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became…

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George Herbert's 'Easter Wings' delves into personal prayer and atonement with a metaphysical edge while exemplifying the revival of classic Greek shape poetry during the Renaissance, also called the emblem tradition of the 16th century.

Easter Wings is a poem by George Herbert which was published in his posthumous collection, The Temple (1633). It was originally formatted sideways on facing pages and is in the tradition of shaped poems that goes back to ancient Greek sources.

Poems from THE TEMPLE (1633) by George Herbert with indexes by title, subject and image.

“Easter Wings” is a lyric poem by George Herbert, a 17th-century English writer of Christian devotional verse. Herbert was one of a group of English poets writing mainly in the first half of the 17th century who are known as the metaphysical poets.

2007年4月8日 · According to legend, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became our Easter Bunny.

2011年5月13日 · Then shall the fall further the flight in me. Most thinne. Affliction shall advance the flight in me. The Very Reverend Honourable George Herbert was an Anglican priest. …

Then shall the fall further the flight in me. Most thinne. Affliction shall advance the flight in me.

EASTER-WINGS. LORD, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poor : With thee O let me rise As larks, harmoniously, And sing this day thy victories : Then shall the fall further the flight in me. My tender age in sorrow did beginne : And still with sicknesses and shame